SIN

Chapter 10: Comfort and Accusations

(Same day at Noon in the Hospital Lobby)

Nigel and Alexander entered the hospital. Nigel's friend Fanny Fulbright had gotten injured at a football game yesterday and was spending time in the hospital. Nigel decided to visit her since he was one of the few friends she had even though they were friends mostly just because they were on the same team and admired each other's skills and techniques.

"Mrs. Beetles," Nurse May said suddenly and Nigel and Alexander stopped in their tracks when a blonde woman they recognized hurried to the nurse, "come to ICU room 59 quickly please," she added and both women hurried off briskly.

"I wonder what that's about?" Alexander asked no one in particular.

Nigel just shrugged and headed off to Fanny's room as Alexander followed him.

"Think Lenny's okay with Chad in the car?" Alexander asked, "those two don't exactly get along," he reminded Nigel.

"Chad talks too much," Nigel said simply and they continued to Fanny's room in silence.

(Meanwhile in ICU Room number 62)

Wally stared at the ceiling and sighed. It could get very boring for someone like him being stuck in one place like this. Abby had left him barely an hour ago since she didn't want to get caught. But she had assured him that when Kuki came she wouldn't scorn him. That calmed Wally down a lot since Abby and Kuki were so close and if Abby could confirm that Kuki wouldn't run screaming at the sight of him, he'd believe it.

"Wally?" a voice asked suddenly and he felt as if time stopped, "are you awake Wally?"

"Yes I am Kuki," Wally responded, "how are you?" he asked.

"Oh Wally!" Kuki cried and ran to him with tears pouring down her face, "look what that monster did to you!" she shouted.

"Monster is a compliment," Wally snarled.

"Oh Wally," Kuki said, "I missed you SO much," she said suddenly then kissed him lightly on the lips, "I love you," she whispered.

That was all it took. Soon like Kuki Wally was crying. All his worry had been for nothing like Abby had told him. Kuki still loved him and obviously didn't see him as worthless or inferior because somebody raped him.

"You don't know how m…muc…much that means to me," Wally whispered with a small smile as his eyes danced with happiness, "I thought…"

"I'd NEVER stop LOVING YOU Wally," Kuki declared despite her tears, "I'll love you forever, we'll get married, have children and a house with a white picket fence, I'll give our first daughter my rainbow monkey collection, we'll grow old toge…." she started to list.

"You'd actually want to marry me after all of this?" Wally asked awestruck.

"Of course bubble head!" Kuki exploded, "I told you that I LOVE you," she reminded him, "not your body, good looks or virgini…" she continued but then stopped and looked away.

It hit Wally like a ton of bricks. Technically he probably wasn't a virgin anymore and he hadn't even consented. All happy feelings he had moments before were gone.

"Don't think about it Wally!" Kuki begged after she noticed how his face immediately fell, "technically since he ummm that whole ass thingie," she tried her best to continue, "you're still a virgin," she added.

"I don't feel like one," Wally told her sadly.

"If it will make you feel any better," Kuki said as she tried to be flirtatious, "you and I can uh ummm do something special when you get better," she suggested after finally getting her voice to the flirtatious tone she wanted.

"Wha…?" Wally started to ask then realized what she meant and went BRIGHT red, "uhhh okay," he said in a high pitched voice which was mainly on account that now Kuki was running a finger flirtatiously along the side of his face, "if you want to o… of course," he added.

Kuki giggled as she returned to her usual bubbly self.

"Oh Wally!" Kuki cried and hugged him, "you're so BAD," she teased and he blushed even deeper.

"What about you Miss 'do something special'," Wally countered and Kuki immediately gasped and blushed.

"Repeat that to anyone Wally and I'll never speak to you AGAIN!" Kuki threatened and Wally laughed and promised not to, "I'm glad you're happy again," she said and he smiled at her, "I was scared of coming you know," she admitted, "scared of saying the wrong things, running away, accidentally hugging you too tight or kicking over some machine that would cause you to drop dead…" she listed.

"Whoah!" Wally cried interrupting her, "you were THAT scared?" he asked incredulously.

"I didn't want to cause any extra trouble or discomfort for you," Kuki explained, "I love you Wally."

"I love you too Kuki," Wally told her, "will you kiss me again?" he asked sheepishly.

"Sure!" Kuki agreed and kissed him again.

But this time they kissed for longer and Kuki started to run her fingers through tufts of Wally's blonde hair that stuck through the bandages. When Kuki finally raised her eyes fell upon Wally's who looked back at her with same sincerity of love and understanding.

"I'm glad that you won't abandon me," Wally whispered to her.

I could never do that," Kuki whispered back, "I love you too much."

(Five minutes later outside the hospital in Chad's car)

"You know," Chad said as Lenny read a motor cycle magazine as it was the only way to avoid looking at the blonde boy's face, "you seem to be really quiet for a person who probably wants me to shut up," he pointed out.

"Maybe I was hoping that my silence would be a big enough hint," Lenny responded without looking at Chad who frowned.

"Why are you so anti-social?" Chad asked, "You're not a bad looking guy and besides a few dates and dances you seem to avoid girls and well… almost everyone all together."

"I hang out," Lenny said trying to keep his cool despite feeling his temper reaching the boiling point.

"Barely," Chad told him.

"You know what!" Lenny exploded as he put down the magazine and finally looked at Chad but with a glare, "why are you so FUCKING interested my life, huh?" he demanded angrily.

"Whoah," Chad said, "hold your horses I'm not trying to pick a fight with you," he told Lenny who calmed down but still glared at him, "did you hear about Wally?" he asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Lenny asked not knowing how this even got into the conversation.

"Cree told me he was in the hospital," Chad revealed.

"For what?" Lenny asked not noticing how tight his voice had gotten.

"Can't tell yah," Chad responded, "Cree did tell me after all," he added.

"Then why did you tell me if you weren't going to tell me why he was there?" Lenny snapped.

"For revenge for your little comment earlier,' Chad responded with a grin.

"Arggh!" Lenny screamed, "I'M OUT OF HERE!" he shouted and left before Chad could stop him.

(Meanwhile inside the hospital)

"Well I'm glad that you'd wheel me around Nigel," Fanny said Nigel just smiled at her brash tone and continued to wheel her around the hospital, "did you know that fifty nurses had the nerve to say that I was impossible and refused to wheel me around anywhere and right now they're out of electronic wheel chairs?" she asked incredulously.

"Bt didn't you just come yesterday?" Alexander asked, "how can you turn off fifty nurses when all you have is a knee injury and a sprained ankle?"

"Who said that I drove off the nurses?" Fanny demanded angrily as she turned her head to the side to glare at him, "just because I'm not angelically nice like you guardian's daughter Mary Jane," she continued, "doesn't mean that I drive off people!" she shouted.

"Fanny this is a hospital," Nigel stated, "and I know that you have special needs," he told her before she could rant at him, "I'm not wheeling you around and letting you relax as well as rest your delicate arms to make a fashion statement," he added.

"At least you understand me Nigel," Fanny declared after a moment of considering everything Nigel had said, "unlike SOME people," she said and gave Alexander a dirty look, "I don't see why I should push myself around when they're nurses around to do it for me," she said simply, "my parents are paying THEM after all," she said, "they can at least wheel me around the hospital and let me rest my perfect hands in the process".

"You're a girl with superior needs," Nigel said since he had grown tolerant of her rudeness, "and dare I say a superior person as well," he added and Alexander gave him a look.

"Why thank you Nigel," Fanny said happily.

"Uhh we're about to enter the ICU," Alexander pointed out, "shouldn't we like turn around and go elsewhere?" he asked.

"Oh have a backbone will yah!" Fanny snapped, "wheel me in Nigel," she ordered.

"We might get to see something good," Nigel mused loudly and wheeled Fanny into the ICU section.

Alexander glared at both of them and after muttering a few chosen words among several expletives, followed them begrudgingly.

(Fifteen minutes later)

Mrs. Beetles exited the room that had the injured lady from her Aunt's church. She went to Wally's room and was about to enter it when she heard a wheel chair. She turned around but paled at who she saw. Along with two male teens she didn't recognize, was Fanny Fulbright.

I can't let her know that my son is in the hospital. That girl will blab anything. Lizzie is also a chatterbox but this girl does it for the love of upsetting people and mostly just in plain spite. I'll just see Wally later. (Mrs. Beetles)

"Oh my," Mrs. Beetles declared, "I nearly opened the wrong door," she lied, "I guess I'm rather careless, huh Fanny?" she asked with a nervous laugh.

"I guess so," Fanny responded coldly, "I hope you'll open the right door next time," she added despite not believing Mrs. Beetles excuse for a second, "my friend Nigel's wheeling me around."

"Oh," Mrs. Beetles said immediately recognizing Nigel as Nigel Uno who Wally had said stopped being his friend days before turning thirteen (Nigel turning thirteen), "well good day to all of you," she said with a nod and the boys nodded back.

Mrs. Beetles walked down the hall and disappeared.

Fanny watched Mrs. Beetles' retreating form until she disappeared around a bend.

"Let's go inside," Fanny whispered mischievously but for once Nigel looked hesitant, "what are you waiting for?" she demanded when Nigel didn't push her inside.

"I don't know Fanny ICU's ….." Nigel started to explain.

"And I'm supposed to be the party pooper," Alexander said sarcastically and opened the door, "oh," he said when he saw Wally and Kuki, "wrong room," he lied and tried to close back the door before Nigel and Fanny saw inside.

"Move over!" Fanny shouted and for once wheeled herself forward knocking Alexander out of the way, "okay I de…. Wally!" she started to demand but instead cried out upon seeing the heavily bandaged Wally, "what happened to you?"

"You're not supposed to be here!" Kuki blew up, "get out before….!" She started to threaten.

"Wait," Wally said suddenly, "I need to talk to Alexander," he told Kuki, "alone," he added.

"But…" Kuki started to protest.

"I need to do this Kuki!" Wally shouted, "just keep that Fanny and her bald friend outside for me?" he asked more calmly.

"His name's Nigel," Alexander said almost warningly, "why do you want to talk to me?" he asked Wally suspiciously.

"Your helmet wearing brother was in the same area where I got attacked," Wally explained, "I want to know what he was doing there," he added.

"If you're insinuating that Lenny's responsible that's total bull shit!" Alexander exploded, "Lenny wouldn't hurt a fly," he continued to defend Lenny, "and he's my guardian's son, not my brother," he reminded Wally.

"Sometimes I forget," Wally responded, "but I still want to know why he was there that night," he said seriously.

"Well that's quite frankly none of your business," Alexander told him, "unless you want to involve the police?"

"I'm not trying to get Lenny in trouble," Wally said, "I just want to catch the THING that landed me here," he snarled.

"Well find him on your own," Alexander responded coldly, "just leave Lenny out of it," he snapped and walked out of the room and Nigel silently wheeled out with a shocked Fanny.

To HELL I will! (Wally's thoughts)

Done

Death's Soulmate: I won't be able to update this story again until next week. Review. For those who complained last time about me falling behind, reminder I had gotten banned for a week so I couldn't update during that time (and I did upload the two chapters I was to give in the banned week plus the new chapter the week after the ban). Now I'm a day late because of a family 'situation'. Sorry I can't say more, it's private (and other stories like this one didn't get updated either so you're not the only readers who didn't get their promised updates, please keep that in mind). So please understand and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Sunday (D.S.): I expected to post this on Saturday but unfortunately I wasn't able to get on the internet yesterday. Thank a certain parent for that. I apologize for delay.

MONDAY (April 25, 2005): FUCK being sparse on info and nice this time! Thanks to my mother and a mistake by my bro I didn't get to update on sunday. I actually uploaded the story to Docu Manager, but my mother was arguing with everyone for particular reason as usual and both my 11yr. old sister and eye ended up being shouted outside (my poor sister was in tears. I'll never stop believing that my mother has issues). I had asked my brother to plug out the internet connection but he got mixed up somehow and did something else. Unfortunately at MY house anyone who wants to use the internet has to buy a net card since thanks to my MOTHER, my Dad refuses to pay a provider anymore (yes my mother is the internet buster, imagine how easy it is to upload any story athome). So my net card ended up getting used up so I couldn't update the story on time. I apologize for the lateness but I'm really upset because this wasn't supposed to happen in the first place. And for the record, the family situation on Friday was my mother. Yup. She's a WHOLE situation. And More.

CHALLENGE: Is mostly complete. YAh! Atomic Betty and MEGAS XLR have been added to the Cartoon list! (Yes I know this is put up late but I forgot to announce it here! I've already announced at my reggaeshikotama profile and at that one I've akready posted all THREE Cartoons in this promotion challenge) I'm so glad because they deserve the spot so much! Now I shall continue my promotion for the ONLY cartoon that hasn't been added yet of the three. All ffneters unite! All those who want cartoons like Puffy Ami Yumi to make it out of miscellanious cartoons and have it's own slot in the cartoon section will try and write a fic and or spread the word. If we can get this cartoon to have 100 fics, will HAVE to giveit it'sown section. So write and e-mail the new category e-mail that has for us to vote forit as often as possible. Copy this paragraph and paste it on your profile to help spread the word.

Anyway. I'm still going to do the two one-shot Atomic Betty fics that I was planning to do from before it added to the cartoons list. They'll both be song-fics and NEITHER of them are Noah and Betty (or not in the end). I have nothing against this couple, but hey I'm a rebel. The first one will be done to the song 'Sitting Waiting Wishing' (forgot the name of the singer) and the other to 'Karma' by Alicia Keys. I'll announce when I've posted one or both. Bye!